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INNES T. VERDIN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 24, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, INNES T. VERDIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Hanger; and I do declare the following to be a clear, full, and exact description thereof, attention being called to the accompanying drawing, with the reference characters marked thereon, which forms also a part of this specification.

This invention concerns certain improvements in appliances whereby quick attachment may be made overhead to permit con nection of ropes, chains, or of the attachinghook of a polyspast, pulley-block, tackleblock, or other hoisting appliance and particularly where such devices are to be used merely temporarily as for instance during buildingconstruction, to aid in erecting machinery, etc.

In the following specification and particularly pointed out in the claims at the end thereof, will be found a full description of my invention, together with its manner of use, parts and construction, which latter is also illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 shows the preferred form of my hanger and illustrates manner of its attachment to a joist. Fig. 2, shows another form of my device adapted for attachment to a girder or I-beam. Fig. 3, is a side-view of the device as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4, is an enlarged vertical section on line l4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5, is an enlarged top-view of the upper part of the device shown in Fig. 1, and as it appears when detached.

The hanger is formed by two angular levers A A, each consisting of two straight angularly arranged branches or arms 7 and 8 of which, when the hanger is in position, 7-7 may be designated as the lower, ap-

proximately horizontal arms, and 88 the upright arms. These levers are each pivotally mounted upon a pin 9 which is seated in their lower arms 77 and between their ends, they being enlarged thereat to form a hub for this purpose. The levers are held to each other and in position on this pin by shoulders 10 on the ends of this latter. These shoulders may be an integral head at one end and a rivet head at the other end to be formed after the pin is in position, or nuts may be used in place on one or both Patented Mar. 28, 1911. Serial No. 497,941.

ends. The upper ends of the upright arms 88, are shaped to form integral inwardly projecting attaching claws 1111, which in case of those hangers intended for attachment to a wooden joist as shown at 12 in Fig. l, are shaped to have a flat or ohiseledge horizontally disposed. In the case of use on an I-beam as shown in Fig. 2, such edges are not needed since these claws simply rest upon the flanges of the beam as shown at 18. At each of the free ends of the lower arms 77, there is a link 14, which links are connected to each other by means of an integral tie-link 15, elongated between its ends, which ends are engaged by said links 1 1 and between which engaged ends its two parts are curved downwardly. This latter link serves to receive the means for connection to the hanger of the devices used for hoisting the objects to be handled. These means may be the attaching hook of a roller, polyspast, pulley-block, block and tackle, etc. Or it may be'a chain as shown at 16 in Fig. 1, or a rope as shown at 17 in Fig. 2. The connection may be either to the upper or lower branch of this link, connection to the upper branch being of especial advantage, since in case of low ceilings, it increases the clearance for hoisting.

The manipulation for attaching the hanger and the manner of its use needs hardly any explanation. When attached, the effect of the weight of the object suspended on it keeps the hanger in place. It does so readily when used as shown in Fig. 2. When used as shown in Fig. 1, the chisel-edges of the claws are caused to enter the wood first before the hanger takes the load, although this latter would effect this, if such were not done. For such purpose each claw is outwardly extended to form a flat driving head 18, against which the blows of a striking tool (hammer or hatchet) may be directed, so as to cause the claws to enter the wood. Shoulders 19, one on each claw, limit the extent to which they may pass into the wood.

To facilitate placing of the hanger, its levers are given a spring-actuated tendency, which causes their claw-ends to normally approach each other as shown in Fig. 5. The spring used for this purpose and shown at 21, is by preference seated in an annular recess 22, formed for it in opposite sides of the levers where they lie against each other around the opening provided in them for pin 9. It is a coil-spring, its opposite ends hanger in place until the claws canbe driven deeper into the wood by means of hammerblows directed against their driving-heads 18. The load, a icon as applied, does the rest, and serves'also to hold the hanger in place. Shoulders 19 preventthe entrance of the claws into the wood beyond a limit which would split the wood" andweahen the joist, in case the load is excessive. The particular angular shape of the levers, their angle being approximately a right angle or more, permits the hangerto be placed high up on a joist so as to have a safe margin of wood below-the claws to sustainthe load and without preventing them from closing up against the joist. The peculiar shape of the horizontally elongated, center-link 15 favors the manipulation of the hanger necessary for this purpose.

here a more extended use of the hanger is contemplated, or great security is needed, braces 13 B, are provided, onekon each of the straight, uprigl1t a-r1ns (it-the levers near their claw-ends and adapted to engage adjoining joists so as to transifei' a part of the load onto them. These braces are pivotally attached at 2dand pointed at their free end as shown at 27. They consist each of two screw-connected parts 25 and 26, one part being adjustable on the other one to permitthe pointed ends 27 to obtain a seat on the adjoining joists. of each brace is rotated by means of a suitable implement (wrench), an engaging head being provided for the same as shown at 98.

Having described my invention, I claim as new:

1. A hanger consisting of two anglelevers, each shaped to form two straight For such purpose, part 25 arms arranged approximately at right angles to each other, each lever between the ends of one of its arms being pivotally connected to the complementary arm of the other lever, a link at the free end of each of these pivotally connected lever-arms, attaching claws at the free ends of the other lever arms, a spring imparting a normal tendency to these lever-arms to approach each other and a load-supporting integral tie-link elongated horizontally and engaged at its ends by the links on the lever-arms, its two parts between these engaged ends being substantially parallel and curved downwardly, permitting the load to be suspended either on the lower or on the upper one of these curved parts.

2. A hanger consisting of two pivotally attached angle-levers and load-supporting means provided at the free ends of one of the arms of each of these levers, the free ends of the other arms being integrally extended at right angles in opposite directions, the inwardly directed extensions terminating in chisel-shaped edges which form attaching claws and the outwardly directed extensions terminating in flat ends and being shaped to form driving heads for the purpose explained.

3. A hanger consisting of two anglelevers, each shaped to form two straight arms arranged approximately at right angles to each other, each lever between the ends of one of its arms being pivotally connected to the complementary arm of the other lever, flexible load-supporting means attached to the free ends of each of these pivotally connected leverarms, claws adapted to engage a beam provided at the free ends or" the other lever-arms, and braces of adjustable length, hingedly attached near the free ends of these lever-arms last men tioned and adapted to engage beams on opposite sides of the one engaged by the hanger.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto ail-1X my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

INNES T. VERDIN.

Witnesses v C. SrnNenL,

T. LE BEAU.

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